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Q: Back in October, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ordered New England utility companies, including Northeast Utilities (now Eversource), to issue refunds to ratepayers because the transmission rates were too high. Possibly $ 30 million could go to Connecticut as part of the refund. The time period covered for the overcharge was Oct. 1, 2011, to Dec. 31, 2012, or 15 months. Northeast was given 30 days by to provide refunds plus interest. Gov. Malloy was quoted as follows: " Thanks to PURA, our families, seniors and businesses will see a refund and will not be burdened with additional costs that drive up electric bills." Well, here we are five months later and still no...

Mobile Passport: Free for iOS and AndroidWhat it is: a mechanism created by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to speed travelers with U.S. and Canadian passports through customs at U.S. airports.How it works: First, you must input...

SoundWaters, the Stamford-based environmental education center, received some unexpected guests in December just before the holidays. Twenty-two of them to be exact.
But staff at one of the leading environmental education organizations on Long Island...

New state Ebola guidelines require that even those returning from West African travel with no symptoms to go through a 21-day quarantine, but the state health commissioner said that, in reality, she would have the discretion to decide whether such a...

Lady Liberty's lamp has been lowered. Its light flickering. The huddled masses are no longer wanted — be they tired or poor, be they homeless or hungry, be they adults or children threatened and yearning to breathe free.
The welcome light has dimmed. The...

Still disgruntled with long wait times at airport security checkpoints? Apparently thousands of you have done something about it.
The Transportation Security Administration reports that more than 1 million travelers have enrolled in PreCheck,...

A man fatally shot on the U.S.-Canada border about 100 miles north of Seattle apparently was in the country illegally, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection official said Friday. A preliminary investigation shows the man was also wanted for a murder...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and its Canadian counterpart announced an agreement recently that could make crossing the international border easier and more efficient.
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and Canadian Minister of Public...

MIAMI Miami International Airport used to be famous for the hours-long lines passengers waited in when they arrived from other countries. These days, the nation's second busiest airport for international traffic is hoping to be better known for...

WASHINGTON The future of Sen. Robert Menendez might hinge on what his staffers have to say. At question is whether his aides can give testimony that would implicate the New Jersey Democrat, who is facing possible federal corruption charges for his...

Federal agents searched three dozen homes Tuesday in California during a crackdown on so-called maternity tourism operators who arrange for pregnant Chinese women to give birth in the U.S., where their babies automatically become American citizens. The...

Women who come to the U.S. from China to give birth to automatic American citizens may not be breaking the law by doing so, but it's illegal to lie about why they're coming into the country. That was the clear message federal agents sought to send when...

Goldstar (Free for iOS and Android)
What it is: It's a way to save money on tickets to live events, including theater, concerts, sports, festivals and foodie tours. Typically, the discount is at least 50 percent.
How it works: The app uses your...

Drug smugglers are turning "trusted travelers" into unwitting mules by placing containers with powerful magnets under their cars in Mexico and then recovering the illegal cargo far from the view of border authorities in the United States.
One...

International travelers this year can expect to see some reductions in the usual red tape and general hassles. Some important gains are already in place, and others are coming. Preclearance. U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced last year that...

As the Obama administration prepares to announce new curbs on racial profiling by federal law enforcement, government officials said Friday that many officers and agents at the Department of Homeland Security will still be allowed to use the controversial...

An off-duty Border Patrol agent has been arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting a 27-year-old man in southwestern Riverside County, authorities said.
John Demery, 40, was arrested in connection with the shooting death of Adam Thomas about 12:45 a.m....

U.S. Border Patrol agents are investigating the death of a 36-year-old man who was in federal custody at a Texas facility on Friday morning.
Roger Maier, a spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, told the Los Angeles Times that agents...

The United States ratcheted up its safeguards against Ebola on Tuesday, requiring travelers from three countries at the center of an epidemic in West Africa to fly into one of five major airports conducting enhanced screening for the virus. Restrictions...